This book is for anyone who wants to understand more about how people think, feel, and behave in public crises. It aims to provide insight into the help people need in crises. The book shows how psychology, and in particular social psychology, can be applied to an area of great, and increasing, societal importance.

This book is a primer for those looking to engage with identity theory and to understand, in particular, the developments to identity process theory and how these relate to the world today.